The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-06
THREE STATES In BRIEF.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA HAPPENINGS.

Woman Dies Twice.
GEORGIA
The chain-gang received many recruits
from Terrell last week.
T. j. Bell of Smithville. shipped ten car
loads of lumber this week.
A drummer says that Athens has the best
street car stock in the South.
Walter Avera, of Quitman, viii ship
carload of KoIh Gems about June Is
Gainesville has more summer visitors
than she has ever had this early in the sea-
son.
There are in attendance on the Athens
schools 101 more negro children than
whites.
The ministers of Athens call the men,
bers of the Salvation Army religious
tramps.
An effort will doubtless be made this
year to adopt public free school system for
Conyers
A recent revival in the Baptist church at
Toccoa resulted in the addition of thirty
members.
The Georgia Sawdust Chemical Company
capital $500, 900, will erect a refinery at
Brunswick.
j. c. Hairston. of Franklin, comes to the
front with a cabbage three feet and three
inches broad.
1t does seem pity that such fine build
ings as the Mercer buildings, in Penfield
should be idle.
II is said that a prominent citizen will
make another effort towards building a
railroad to Lexington.
Several of the Lexington young men are
inquiring into the. prices of bicycles and cost
of accident insurance.
Within the past three weeks there has
been $50, 900 paid for wool within a radius
OF thirty miles around Alapaha.
The cotton crop along the line of the Geor-
gia Midland is the finest ever seen in that
section. Corn is small but healthy.
AS Greenville is growing in population and
Importance the next Legislature will be
asked for enlarged powers and mayor
Cresswell is of course on quite a boom.
A guano factory will be erected at an early
day and several new stores viii be opened.
The new uniform for the Darien Drag
oons will cost an even thousand dollars, but
Lieut. Tom WILLY says they viii be just
simply grand.
The Swanee Mountain Gold Mining Com
pany are moving things up preparatory to
taking from mother earth some of her most
precious treasures.
A Lexington syndicate, composed of
&essrs. w. NJ. Howard w. J. Knox, T. q.
ster and DIR. Faust, have something like
Hills Oh WdUeFI1SHDnS IldflIPu.
Henry Raines (colored), of Grooverville,
S arrested and jailed at Quitman ON
ednesday last for stealing another mans
fe This must be a case of larceny from
person.
Never was there at this season of the year
little grass in Terrell The farmers have
IN crops, and the oat crop is the only one
~ has suffered to any serious extent by
late drought.
here will be grand picnic at Leesburg
lrsday, June o. Everybody is invited to
end, and good time guaranteed to all.
IRE will be dancing, and the usual routine
picnic enjoyment.
dessrs. Gam g. Murray will start brick
ID at Athens, one mile from the city
Its. Improved machinery has been
cred, by which first-class brick can be
BE at a cost of 50 40 per 1000 This is an
portant enterprise. ~ ~
William Giles, indicted for assault with
intent to murder by the grand jury of Meri-
Sheriff Edmondson will go for him next
week Giles halls from Hogansville He
shot at one of his brethren.
G. b. Lamar, of Atlanta is iubilant over
the prospects of a fortune to be made in his
new kaolin beds, He states that he has
been offered 5000 advance for the kaolin
beds which he purchased few weeks ago
lIOlIt ~. LN6ASbb JOI DAiOOb
James Tyson comes to the front with the
first ripe Brooks county raised melon II
was left at the Quitman Free Press office
on June /, and was thoroughly ripe. This
Is the first ripe melon of the season that has
been heard of, and it is getting them in
pretty soon.
Willie Jones, young man who served his
tims4n the Banner W dtchWadn office, and
Inherited 81, 100 left by his mother in care OF
I'll he, IL
m4ney in Birmingham property, and in q
fet months cleared $500. He has now a
fine job office in Birmingham, and is doing
good business.
y special meeting of the Savannah Pres
byteIy has been called to convene in the
Presbyterian church at Townsville, on
Friday, June TO- at o'clock p. M. for the
purpose of receiving from the Presbytery OF
Lexington. and, if the way be clear, to Ii
cense, ordain and install candidate w. McF.
Alexander, pastor of cambridge Presby
terrain church. ..-..
A negro woman on James Frazer's place
near High Shoals, dropped dead one day
this week. After being shrouded and laic
out, she startled her household by coming
to life again. The physician was immedi.
ately summoned, but before his arrival she
had swooned away again. After thorough
examination he pronounced her dead
She was then buried.
A Smithville resident went fishing th,
other day, and failing to get a nibble in
reasonable time, he placed his coat under hi
head for pillow and was soon fast asleep
When he awoke he discovered huge moe
casin doing comfortably near his head, ant
his feelings can be better imagined THAI
described. OF course he killed it, as he haC
no snake medicine along.
Terrell is in a prosperous condition
throughout. Her towns are not sapping tn
life-blood of the farmers, it seems as III an,
direction you may go evidences of pros
perity are visible New dwellings, barns
etc, meet the travellers eye on every
side. A boom among the farmers gives tn
towns backbone and all are happy together
Terrell county wants a new court house.
Bfl;nswiclts foreign exports OF lumber anc
naval stores for May amounted 70 $1l0943
This shows an increase over the correspond
ing month of last year OF $40, 392. Thu
total foreign exports for the first iiv
months of this year amounts in round mum
hers to s563 745. This, compared with tbi
corresponding period OF last year, shows al
- inevease OF S;52,G6l o..
no Georgia Mica Company. hendquarter
Canton, recently shipped from there Il
Be- over 500 pounds OF mica on an order
"tfait from ttEiato4 Bull